MPAA Makes Unauthorized Copies of DVD

An anonymous reader writes "There's a story on ArsTechnica about how the MPAA has admitted that they made unauthorized copies of a movie. That in itself is a bit of tasty hypocrisy, but if it turns out that they ripped a DVD, then the MPAA could find themselves in violation of the DMCA." From the article: "According to Mark Lemley, a professor at the Stanford Law School, the MPAA may have been within its rights to make copies of the film. Given that the MPAA's intent isn't financial gain and that the whole situation may rise above the level of trading barbs through the media into legal action, making a copy may be justified. Personally, I can't see any justification for an organization such as the MPAA ignoring a directive from a copyright owner, but IANAL." Update: 01/24 19:52 GMT by Z : Made title more accurate.

Comments

Re:Uh Oh...

[Dun Malg]

Your immature and compulse name-calling doesn't reflect too well on you, either. If you have convincing arguments to make, you can make them just as effectively without insults. If you don't have any good arguments to make, then you shouldn't post.

I don't care how it reflects on me.

My argument was pretty obvious:

The original poster did not say what you accused him of saying

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Your reading comprehension leaves something to be desired